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what is the opening or vent in the planet's crust?
volcano
it erupted within the last 10,00 years?
active volcano
it has not erupted within the historical times?
inactive volcano
when rocks become hot and a substance, thin and runny gases can escape easily from it?
magma
this serves as the reservoirs for molten rocks?
magma chambers
it's a pathways for the magma?
vent
this is molten rocks that oozes onto the earth's surface, can vary in temperature and viscosity?
lava flows
this can travel significant distances from the volcano before SOLIDIFYING?
volcanic bombs
lava dome
grows over time as the lava accumulate
eruption columns
has a towering plume of volcanic ash, gases and other materials
eruption clouds
have billowing mases of volcanic gases, ash, and particles
tephra's
magma is thick and sticky, gases cannot escape easily
it emits sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide
acid rain
lahar
mixes with water from streams or snow and ice
pyroclastic flow
is a fast moving mixture of hot gas, volcanic ash, and fragmented rock
fumaroles
are the holes, crack or fissures on the surface near volcanos
cracks
can form due to tectonic stresses allowing magma to rise
it is a tall mountain with a crater on top
composite volcano
flat and warrior's shield, it reaches a great distance from the crater
shield volcano
cinder cones volcano
form steep slopes around their wide crater
PIVOCS means?
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
crust is
thin
mantle
is thick, beneath the lithosphere
inner core
is solid
outer core is
liquid
this is the state of the athmosphere at any particular time, it is short term?
Weather
this is long term, average weather of a particular part of the world at different times of the year?
Climate
what is the wind trades in the Philippines?
hanging habagat and hanging amihan
what is the causes of weather and climate?
solar radiation
what is the cause of global warming ?
greenhouse gases
climate change
is the long term shifts in temperature and weather patterns
stars
contain mostly hydrogen with some helium
High mass star
have high energy and heavier
low mass
is less hot and less massive
nebula
is the clouds and dust of a star that is forming a new star
supernova
happens when a star dies
blackhole
forms when massive stars collapse at the end of their life
nuclear fusion
is a way of getting stars energy
what is the patterns in the sky called?
constellations
a pattern of stars that are not constellation. EX. big deeper is called what?
asterism
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